Elf Sternberg

So, you read the article through, and thought that it was appropriate that McCain had girlfriends (which he himself has acknowledged) while he was married, and that his own ex-wife (who "adores him") acknowledges that he left her because he "...didn’t want to be 40, he wanted to be 25", so married a younger woman?

The RNC is all about "healthy families" which they define over and over in their platform as "having in the home a mother and a father who are married". They further state that "fathers play a critical role in providing stability for their children".

How can McCain be an example of the RNC's platform on "strong family values" if he himself has violated it (leaving your wife for a younger woman is not a "family value") according to this piece and several others I've read? In fact, I'm still reading that he has girlfriends.

We can applaud him that he paid her medical bills, child support, and alimony (he certainly could afford to after marrying the wealthier, younger woman), but doing what he did still doesn't fall under the RNC family values platform.

BTW, in your original post you said, "did you really just bitch at John McCain...". No, he didn't. Ross Perot did...that was a quote from Perot, who paid for the woman's medical bills while McCain was in Vietnam, and is apparently a very close friend.

As far as Obama and McCain falling short of your standards, I couldn't comment, since you didn't illustrate what those standards are, or how either one falls short.